Libyan League for Human Rights
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The Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR) is a Human Rights League
in the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
. LLHR was established on March 2, 1989 by Soliman Bouchuiguir, Hussein Raiani, Mohammad Zayyan, and Mansour Kikhia. According to the League's Facebook page, "Mansour Kikhia, former Libyan ambassador to the United Nations, had defected to the US in 1980 and, in December 1993, was kidnapped in Egypt and subsequently transported to Libya, where he was executed."
As of 2001, LLHR was headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, with branches in Bornheim
, Germany and in England. Since then, it has opened operations in North America.
The group opposes the death penalty in Libya and throughout the world. Since the beginning of the 2011 Libyan uprising, LLHR has issued statements condemning the violent crackdown on protesters and Gaddhafi's use of rape, torture, and abduction as instruments of war . It has also addressed the UN Human Rights Council and European Union on human rights violations during the uprising. LLHR played a role in raising awareness surrounding the detention of American citizen Gibani Abdelgader Gibani in February 2011 and in encouraging Americans to call the State Department to facilitate his release. Gibani was released on March 2, 2011.
Human Rights League
Several organisations are named Human Rights League in English:* Registered with the International Federation of Human Rights, abbreviated from its name in French as FIDH, established in 1922 and having its headquarters in Paris...
in the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is a network of 64 human rights organisations, institutions and individuals based in 30 countries in Europe and the Mediterranean region...
. LLHR was established on March 2, 1989 by Soliman Bouchuiguir, Hussein Raiani, Mohammad Zayyan, and Mansour Kikhia. According to the League's Facebook page, "Mansour Kikhia, former Libyan ambassador to the United Nations, had defected to the US in 1980 and, in December 1993, was kidnapped in Egypt and subsequently transported to Libya, where he was executed."
As of 2001, LLHR was headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, with branches in Bornheim
Bornheim
Bornheim is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the West bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km north-west of Bonn, 20 km south of Cologne....
, Germany and in England. Since then, it has opened operations in North America.
The group opposes the death penalty in Libya and throughout the world. Since the beginning of the 2011 Libyan uprising, LLHR has issued statements condemning the violent crackdown on protesters and Gaddhafi's use of rape, torture, and abduction as instruments of war . It has also addressed the UN Human Rights Council and European Union on human rights violations during the uprising. LLHR played a role in raising awareness surrounding the detention of American citizen Gibani Abdelgader Gibani in February 2011 and in encouraging Americans to call the State Department to facilitate his release. Gibani was released on March 2, 2011.